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Hegseth's rare urgent directive

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has issued an urgent and unprecedented order summoning every active-duty general and admiral—potentially over 1,000 senior military leaders—to a mandatory, physical meeting at a Marine Corps...

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Arab-Islamic NATO

The Saudi-Pakistan Defence Agreement (SPDA) is hot news. This followed the emergency summit of 40 Arab-Islamic nations at Doha on September 15, after Israeli planes struck a residential compound in Doha, targeting Hamas but...

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Great Game Myanmar

In July 2025, Myanmar’s military junta lifted the emergency paving the way for elections. While preparations are on for the elections to be held within next six months (no date announced), opposition groups plan to boycott the...

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Burning Nepal

The recent horrific episode in Nepal in which 28 protesting youth have been killed and some 400 injured has raised questions whether Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli (a known Beijing puppet) is sanguine that he can act as...